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SA ‘must invest in youth football to thrive at World Cup’

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Arminia Bielefeld Academy director Finn Holsing says SA can follow in the footsteps of the German football association by focusing on youth development if it wants to improve the state of football in the country.

The German club is in SA on a coaching clinic tour. They donated a soccer kit to Dayevton Arsenal in Gauteng and had a coaching session last week. Their excursion took them to KwaZulu-Natal to partners DStv Premiership outfit Maritzburg United.

Holsing elaborated on the team’s visit to SA. “Our goal is to get in touch with the young talent, have coaching clinics with the coaches of the young talent so they can have better training with the kids. That’s our main goal. Germany and SA hosted the Fifa World Cup in 2006 and 2010 respectively. After the Germans hosted their World Cup, their football went on an upward trajectory but SA have been on a downward spiral.

“It was a long process for Germany. In 2004, we had a bad European Championship. After 2004, the DFB [German football association] made regulations for every professional club that they have to set up a special youth academy with special structures,” he said.

 

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